Houston is barely in their base defense; starting nose tackle Shaun Cody has only played 88 snaps. Glover Quin and Danieal Manning are both playing well at safety; Manning is also fairly highly paid. Inside linebacker may work. I wouldn't rule out any of those possibilities, but do you want to upgrade on Cody's 88 snaps or Walter's 239?

That's not exactly a deep pool of reserves there. Throw in Kevin Walter who is 31 and not a real threat, and Andre Johnson who isn't his dominant self anymore, and there is room for improvement there.

I wanted to trade up to 20 to grab Woods but SP was asking the world.

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Originally Posted by Matthew Jones

Houston is barely in their base defense; starting nose tackle Shaun Cody has only played 88 snaps. Glover Quin and Danieal Manning are both playing well at safety; Manning is also fairly highly paid. Inside linebacker may work. I wouldn't rule out any of those possibilities, but do you want to upgrade on Cody's 88 snaps or Walter's 239?

It was honestly a BPA situation I think. I had OT, WR, NT, ILB and S as needs going in to this.

WR, OT and S screamed as bigger needs to me than the others but again this is coming from a Packer fan who happens to root for the Texans as a casual second favorite team.

Houston is barely in their base defense; starting nose tackle Shaun Cody has only played 88 snaps. Glover Quin and Danieal Manning are both playing well at safety; Manning is also fairly highly paid. Inside linebacker may work. I wouldn't rule out any of those possibilities, but do you want to upgrade on Cody's 88 snaps or Walter's 239?

Your question assumes Stills will upgrade that when the goal is likely to develop one of the young WRs to do such. Stills was a fine pick, but an actual big body up front would help too and likely change the scheme a bit

Your question assumes Stills will upgrade that when the goal is likely to develop one of the young WRs to do such. Stills was a fine pick, but an actual big body up front would help too and likely change the scheme a bit

Wade Phillips has always liked his (comparatively) undersized nose tackles, and the scheme seems to be succeeding just fine right now.

But anyway, it's not like there was some obvious fit at an obvious need to go there. If he thinks stills was BPA, then fine. The Texans just won the Superbowl in this scenario, they're allowed to do what they want.

Wade Phillips has always liked his (comparatively) undersized nose tackles, and the scheme seems to be succeeding just fine right now.

But anyway, it's not like there was some obvious fit at an obvious need to go there. If he thinks stills was BPA, then fine. The Texans just won the Superbowl in this scenario, they're allowed to do what they want.

Wade had huge NTs in San Diego. Jamaal Williams was a mammoth. Ever since he adjusted to using Ratliff in Dallas, people think that's what he likes, but that was an exception. Plus, it was Parcells who first moved Ratliff to NT if my memory serves me right.